Chapter 4: Return (2/2)

Luo Jian suddenly felt a dull ache in his abdomen, where he was stabbed, but when he placed his hand above the area, there weren’t any wounds And yet, Luo Jian’s palms were covered in cold sweat, he was stunned out of his ain, he raised the military knife to observe it The blade of the knife was unusually sharp; ave Luo Jian the impression that it had already cut him Luo Jian carefully exan on the handle…like the pattern on the note, there was an engraving of the hell Flower

“Such an oust He put the knife in its sheath, closed his drawer, then went to the bathrooo to work regardless the events that went down It didn’t ; in order to live as a normal person, he had to maintain his ordinary daily routine

Live an ordinary life Luo Jian calmly declared in his heart He held onto a towel and washed his face in front of theThere was so on his body that shouldn’t have existed

On the side of his neck, near the place behind his ear that was covered by his hair, there was a small, purple tattoo, a round ouroboros3 tattoo

Surprisingly, Luo Jian did not freak out at the sight of this Although he didn’t knohen a tattoo appeared on his neck, at least it was able to be hidden with his hair; not to nificant4, which is why Luo Jian wasn’t too concerned about it

But even if he did care, what could he do about it? Luo Jian clearly understood this That note, that chamber, that murderer, that knife that appeared so suddenly in the drawer of his desk, and this tattoo on his neck, all of these proved one thing, and that hatever Luo Jian had encountered was unnatural, it was sos couldn’t oppose!

So, Luo Jian coo to work as usual instead of yelling like a lunatic and running off to the police only to be sent to the psychiatric hospital Luo Jian knew that nobody would believe in what he had experienced; he himself didn’t even have the confidence to believe in what happened to hiot sos ready as he prepared to leave, and all the while, he thought about the contents of that piece of paper That note evidently revealed two things: One, this ‘escape the chaame seemed to happen ed into that strange, enclosed space once again

Although figuring this out made Luo Jian feel very ainst it

For the whole , he was busy at the co harassed on the phone; a friend he hadn’t seen in a long ti him out to eat dinner

“Dinner? Someone like you would be so kind to treatto the voice of Feng Yu Lan, that crazy felloas a cheapskate, who’d never once thought about even pulling half of a hair strand Today was the very first time he said he’d treat Luo Jian to dinner; surely, the sun was rising from the west

“What do you mean? This is how ood mood! Fine then, Don’t come if you don’t want to”

“Of course I’ll coe my surname to yours!” Luo Jian i in order then left through the corumbled on the other end of the phone:

“12 o’clock sharp We’ll meet at our usual place”

The usual place was actually a restaurant near Luo Jian’s house; it was very close by Luo Jian looked at his cell phone and saw that he still had soe of clothes Luo Jian didn’t knohether he was co doith a fever, but he felt unusually hot He was sitting in an air-conditioned office all ; he felt sticky and uncomfortable

So, Luo Jian quickly went back hoh his wardrobe for soe happened It was as if the Gods and demons were at work5; when he opened the drawer of his desk, he saw the military knife inside it

It truly was the work of Gods and demons; otherwise, why else would he spontaneously pick up the knife and strap it to his waist? The leather sheath was fastened horizontally across his back; as long as Luo Jian used his right hand and reached for the knife behind him, he could easily draw it frohly conceal the knife; there wasn’t a single hair out of place

When he was ready, Luo Jian left his house with his knife; his heart felt a bit coht that he would actually carry his knife on the street, but when he returned ho the back of his mind, and it compelled him to take his weapon Luo Jian’s keen intuition told him he should be more cautious, and so he left with his military knife on his body

He only took one step outside his house, when a sudden burst of dizziness struck him Luo Jian lifted his head and faced the skies above hi him to narrow his eyes as he looked upwards

It’s not over yet Luo Jian had this faint feeling, as if…yes, it was just like that, it was as if he was still trapped in that narrow, enclosed, oppressive chamber He felt like that trapped victi to end, there was no escape

Eternally struggling in the dark world

Luo Jian lowered his head, avoiding the glare of the sunlight He then subconsciously touched the small tattoo on his neck Luo Jian felt that he really had a fever, the teh However, the only place that was still cool was his neck, where the tattoo was